Improvement in roundabouts



J. C. CLIME.

RoUNnABoUT.

Patented July 4,1875.

M PETERS HDTC-LITMOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D. C.

JOHN c. cLIME, OE PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOE OE ONE.l HALE HIS EIGHT To PIEESON S. cLIME, OE SAME PLAOE.

IMPROVEMENT IN ROUNDABO'UTS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 179,418, dated July 4, i876; application tiled December 6, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

city and county of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, have. invented a new-and useful Improvement in Boundabouts, which is fully set forth in the following specification,'reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention consists in the combinationof a rotating Wheel, which is provided with a crank shaft and sca-t for thel operator, with a vertical stationary Shaft, on which the wheel rotates, and with a revolving drivingshaft, by means of a series of gear wheels, as

Y hereinafter fully described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of the machine. Fig. 2 is a vertical section at the line m m OfFig. 1.

Like letters of reference in both figures, indicate the same parts.

A is the base of the'machine, which Should be firmly secured to the floor or other suitable'foundation. B is a central vertical shaft, the lower end of which is fast in the base A. C is a bevel-gear wheel, fast on the shaft B, having 'its hub a resting on the upper and central part of the base. D is a horizontal wheel, having a central hub, a', with an en largement, b, having mortises d, with which are connected the inner ends of the radial arms e of the wheel. The lower end of the hub tits in the central recess fof the bevelgear wheel C, in which it turns. The upper side of the hub of the latter has an annular oil-cup, g, from which the oil passes to the step j' to keep it continually well lubricated. There are stay-rods or braces F, the upper ends of which are hooked into holes in the lange h on the upper end of the hub a. The lower ends of the rods have eyes j, through which screws pass into the spokes or arms e of the wheel. Instead of casting the hub a in a single piece, as shown in Fig. 2, the upper end having the Han ge h may be cast separate from the lower part, as a matter of convenience, if desired.

l Permanently connected with the upper end Be it known that I, JOHN C. CLIME, of the of the hub a is the bevel-wheel C', which gears into the pinion H on the inner end of the driving-shaft 1, which has bearings in the hangers J J, that are firmly secured, by means of screws l, to the lower side of the stationary cap-plate K, on the upper end of the stationary shaft B. The object of the said driving-shaft I is the transmission of power to such machinery as may be advantageously propelled by my improved roundabout.

I L is a double crank-shaft, which serves for a treadle for a person'sitting on the seat M.

`0n the inner end of said shaft is a spur-pimion, N, which gears into the Wheel O on the horizontal shaft P, and on the inner end ot' said'shaftl is a bevel-pinion, H, which gears into the stationary bevel-wheel @,above described.

The operation of the machine is as follows Motion is given to the crank-shaft L by a person seated on the seat M of the wheel D, thereby revolving the shaft P by means of the pinion N and wheel lO on the two shafts, and the bevel-pinion H on the said shaft l) being carried around the stationary bevel-wheel C, into which it gears by the revolution ot' the shaft I), the horizontal wheel D is rotated, and the bevel-wheel G', on the upper end of the hub a', by gearing into Kthe bevel Apinion H on the driving-shaft I, as above described, gives motion to said shaft for transmitting power, by means of the belt-wheel/Q, orother de vice, as' maybedesired.V

I claim as my invention- The combination, in a roundabout, of the rotating wheel D, having a crank-shaft, L, and seat M, with the stationary shaft B and driving-shaft I, the several parts heilig' con--` structedand arranged and geared together,

substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN C., ULIME.

Witnesses:

STEPHEN Us'rrcK, THOMAS J. BEWLEY. 

